Romeo & Juliet and the west side story have a lot of comparisons and differences. Romeo & Juliet and the west side story portray the theme of romance‚ violence and sadness in much different and similar ways. The movie Romeo & Juliet has romance it was when Romeo and Juliet fell in love in the first sight and got married. For the west side story tony and Maria in the first sight but didn’t get married they were about to run away and get married but they didn’t. There are many violence of the movie
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Everyone knows the heartbreaking tale of Romeo and Juliet. The two teens so desperately in love‚ they were willing to go to the extremist of measures to prove it. It is one of the most influential pieces of work ever written. Themes found in Romeo and Juliet are still widely emphasized in today’s pop culture. Take‚ for example‚ West Side Story. West Side Story takes Romeo and Juliet and puts a modern twist on it. However‚ even though the movie shares multiple themes with the tragic classic‚ there
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West Side Story" are two similarly different stories. They are both great stories written by great writers. "Romeo and Juliet" is a sad love story that’s a classic known by many. It is the perfect model to be used by other writers. It is one of the best works of William Shakespeare. Although "West Side Story" is not as famous as "Romeo and Juliet"‚ it was a impressive work of it’s time‚ and it has left his mark on the times afterwards. It is also a love story which also ends with somebody’s death
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January 2012 Similarities and Differences of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story No one goes through all of life without the knowledge of these two timeless classics: West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. These films are each a great literary work that defines the true meaning of life‚ sorrows and love. We all have knowledge of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet. In 1957 Leonard Bernstein created a Broadway Musical with a plot similar to Romeo and Juliet. As well as this film‚ Baz Luhrmann created
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Romeo and Juliet’ and The West Side Story’ are both movies based on William Shakespeare’s play. They are very similar in many ways‚ but different in others. It is about two teens that fall in love and see each other without their families knowing‚ because their families have a feud against each other. I will be discussing the differences and similarities between‚ Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria and finally‚ the families and the Gangs‚ which are in the movies‚ Romeo & Juliet’ and West Side Story’
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Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story We have recently been studying two different stories in our class. We read the first act of Romeo and Juliet and watched the movie West Side Story. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed both. Our assignment is to write a compare/contrast paper on what we have read so far in Romeo and Juliet and what we saw in the move West Side Story. I found that there are many things alike and many things different between the two. There were two very noticeable
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of time. This is why the movies‚ Romeo and Juliet (1996) and West Side Story (1961) were so successful. Shakespeare’s play and the two movies modeled after it have many similarities and many differences‚ but one thing remains constant in all of them‚ They all use universal truths to relate to their audiences. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a timeless play that concentrates on many different human emotions and reactions. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are alike in many ways‚ they were
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Scene connections to Romeo and Juliet Which 2 scenes in the film best connect this text to Romeo and Juliet * What ideas do they share * How has the director highlighted these connections Romeo and Juliet is the story of the relationship between the son and daughter of two families‚ which are enemies‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Their families are against their plan to marry‚ and the story ends in the death of both lovers. In West Side Story‚ instead of families‚ there are two rival
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Essay Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet’ and The West Side Story’ are both movies based on William Shakespeare’s play. They are very similar in many ways‚ but different in others. It is about two teens that fall in love and see each other without their families knowing‚ because their families have a feud against each other. I will be discussing the differences and similarities between‚ Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria and finally‚ the families and the Gangs‚ which are in the movies‚ Romeo & Juliet’
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Fates Destiny Society has always questioned whether love or death is a matter of choice or fate. Fate is the theory that everything happens just the way it is supposed to happen. It is also the notion that all things and events are predetermined by a higher power. In William Shakespeares’ Romeo and Juliet‚ he writes about a young man named Romeo who falls in love with a woman named Juliet. Romeo’s falling in love with Juliet causes multiple people to die including the two lovers‚ and he is responsible
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